Whiskey Sour

I keep a packet of smokes in the back of my desk drawer
Once you asked What the hell are these for?
Tonight is what they are there for
When nostalgia drives my guiltless heart to Gates Pass
To that veranda to search graffiti it has amassed
For where we wrote our initials and swore a love steel cast
Yeah, we swore our love was as strong as steel cast
You're as stubborn as saguaros and guarded like your father
And it's a wonder we believed we could last
Through that dry heat and summer with ghosts and your mother
Filling much more than water in your glass
There was much more than water in your glass

Oh, our love turned dour
You sipped whiskey sours
I told you I'd try-I would stay
You raised up that gun
But I still didn't run
You're the one that drifted away
Yeah, you're the one that drifted away

Memories of me and the life we shared coming back
You know I give it my all, there was nothing for you to lack
But a diet of booze and fear threw you off track
So I get it, that morning when you left so fast
I kept hanging on but come morning you left so fast
Now don't you dare spread a lie that I didn't fight 'til the end
When you're alone in a bar with excuses as your only friends
I can't comfort you now but oh, Lord, I tried back then
Don't you dare even cry I promise I will not give in
Drink up your rye and tell yourself comfort's within
Drink up your rye and tell yourself comfort's within

With a quickness you will fill the bed I slept in
Put a man by your side, declaring I win
But I'd rather sleep easy after saying amen
Then stay awake like you counting up your sins
Cause if you didn't know
You're covered head to toe with them

Oh, our love turned dour
You sipped whiskey sours
I told you I'd try-I would stay
You raised up that gun
But I still didn't run
You're the one that drifted
Our love turned dour
You sipped whiskey sours
I told you I'd try-I would stay
You raised up that gun
But I still didn't run
You're the one that drifted away
Yeah, you're the one that drifted away

I found love, and you drifted away
I found love after you walked away
I found a love that keeps me warm
So don't you dare come back home
Cause you walked away

Drink up your rye and tell yourself comfort's within
My conscious is clear, don't even begin
One day as you count your mistakes with chagrin
I know you will know walking away was one of them
Walking away from me was the greatest of them
No it wasn't my fault, it was your mistake in the end
You walked away, so I ain't one of them
Yeah, it was you
I ain't one of them